Issue - meetings
Oxfordshire County Council response to Government Consultation on Remote Attendance and Proxy Voting at Council Meetings
Meeting: 17/12/2024 - Cabinet (Item 169)
PDF 254 KBForward Plan Ref: 2024/357
Contact: Helen Mitchell, Interim Head of Strategy, Helen.Mitchell@oxfordshire.gov.uk ;Colm Ó Caomhánaigh, Democratic Services Manager, colm.ocaomhanaigh@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Report by Director of Public Affairs, Strategy and Partnerships & Director of Law and Governance (CA11)
The Chair of the Council has agreed that this item is exempt from Scrutiny call-in.
The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to agree to the proposed consultation response outlined in Appendix 1.
Decision:
Recommendations approved.
Minutes:
Cabinet considered a report proposing a response to the Government’s consultation on enabling remote attendance, remote and hybrid meetings as well as proxy voting at Council meetings.
Councillor Liz Leffman, Leader of the Council, presented the report and said that there was support within the Council for flexibility to enable remote and hybrid meetings.
During discussion, members concurred with the proposed response to the consultation.
Councillor Leffman moved, and Councillor Howson seconded the recommendation and it was approved.
RESOLVED to agree to the proposed consultation response outlined in Appendix 1.